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Citywire Investment News
- Wednesday Papers: Gordon Brown to settle on March 24 as Budget Day -- other news
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:53 GMT
Fitch warns UK debt will erode investor confidence as Britain's wider trade gap hits recovery hopes.
- Wednesday Papers: Barclays considering large US retail bank deal -- bid news and gossip
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:02 GMT
Hargreaves Services approaches UK Coal over deep mines merger.
- Wednesday Papers: tips and comment
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:45:11 GMT
Comment on Pru, Liberty International, International Power, Inmarsat, Gartmore, Antofagasta, Hill Smith and Clipper Windpower.
- The Citywire Debate: should we blame fund managers for the financial crisis?
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:18:25 GMT
City minister and former Gartmore chairman Lord Myners thinks we should. Charlie Parker says no, Tony Bonsignore says yes.
- Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:02:15 GMT
Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Nineteen applicants for every job, employment agency reports
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
There were 1% more vacancies in February than in January but the number of people looking for work climbed 50%.
- Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:08 GMT
Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
- The blue chips where you should dump bonds for equity
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT
The large cap stocks which offer higher yields than their equivalent ten year corporate bonds.
- More quantitative easing may not work, BoE rate-setter warns
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:18 GMT
Kate Barker?s comments underline growing split within Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
- Pound falls as exports dropped 8% in January
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:46:55 GMT
Sterling was under pressure again after new data showed exports fell sharply in January.
BBC Business News
- China's exports see big increase
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:18 GMT
China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.
- BA strike action talks to resume
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:04:31 GMT
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.
- Banking fraud 'moves to internet'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:44 GMT
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
- Royal junk mail
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:00 GMT
Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers
- Dotcom Crash
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:19 GMT
10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
Citywire News
- Wednesday Papers: Gordon Brown to settle on March 24 as Budget Day -- other news
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:53 GMT
Fitch warns UK debt will erode investor confidence as Britain's wider trade gap hits recovery hopes.
- Wednesday Papers: Barclays considering large US retail bank deal -- bid news and gossip
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:02 GMT
Hargreaves Services approaches UK Coal over deep mines merger.
- Wednesday Papers: tips and comment
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:45:11 GMT
Comment on Pru, Liberty International, International Power, Inmarsat, Gartmore, Antofagasta, Hill Smith and Clipper Windpower.
- Nineteen applicants for every job, employment agency reports
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
There were 1% more vacancies in February than in January but the number of people looking for work climbed 50%.
- Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:08 GMT
Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
BBC News
- Iranian president in Afghanistan
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:13:46 GMT
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai.
- Trio charged over UVF bomb attack
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:53:52 GMT
Three men have been charged in connection with a pipe bomb attack on a house in Larne seven years ago.
- Call for school closure changes
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:52 GMT
Two assembly opposition parties call for changes to the way school closure proposals are handled.
- Five killed in Pakistan attack
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:01 GMT
Unidentified gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing up to five people, police say.
- Cars in rail 'Russian roulette'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:56 GMT
The driving test should have compulsory questions on level crossings to teach good habits in learner drivers, says Network Rail.
